[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5108]
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  SA 3350. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. REGULATIONS ON OPTIONAL COMBAT BOOTS WORN AS PART 
                   OF REQUIRED UNIFORMS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     issue regulations prohibiting any member of the Armed Forces 
     from wearing optional combat boots as part of a required 
     uniform unless the optional combat boots are--
       (1) entirely manufactured in the United States; and
       (2) entirely made of--
       (A) materials grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in 
     the United States; and
       (B) components that are manufactured entirely in the United 
     States and made of materials described in subparagraph (A).
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Armed Forces'' has the meaning given the 
     term ``armed forces'' in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
     States Code.
       (2) The term ``optional combat boots'' means combat boots 
     not furnished to a member by the Secretary of Defense.
       (3) The term ``required uniform'' means a uniform that a 
     member is required to wear in the performance of official 
     duties.
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